Lawyer · Anchorage, AK
Lawyer in Anchorage: $5,960/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median lawyer wage in Anchorage at $153,590 a year. About 780 lawyer jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 0.91). The 10th percentile is $89,910 and the 90th is $336,190. Pay ranks 42nd-highest of 376 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 9.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($1,392/mo). Alaska has no state income tax. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $5,960 a month after tax and rent. Within 250 miles, Fairbanks is the strongest other metro for this job ($4,591 left over a month), and Anchorage still leaves more.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$5,960
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$153,590
$89,910 to $336,190
Rent (1 bd)
$1,392
$1,657 (2 bd)
Employment
780
Location quotient 0.91
Pay rank
42nd of 376
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
9.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, lawyer pay of $153,590.
- Taxes$3,155
- Rent$1,392
- Other living costs$2,292
- Left over$5,960
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $153,590
- Federal income tax
- −$26,109
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$11,750
- State income tax (AK)
- None
- Take-home pay
- $115,732
- Effective tax rate
- 24.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,392
- Groceries
- $457
- Getting around
- $636
- Healthcare
- $514
- Utilities and internet
- $286
- Everything else
- $400
- Total spending
- $3,684
Left over each month
$12,799 gross, minus $3,155 in tax and $3,684 in living costs.
$5,960
Rank every metro for a lawyer
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Fairbanks, $4,591/mo.
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Questions
What does a lawyer make in Anchorage?
$153,590 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 780 lawyer jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a lawyer in Anchorage?
$5,960 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. Alaska has no state income tax Rent is $1,392, and pay covers 9.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a lawyer keep more?
Anchorage leaves more than the other metros within 250 miles. The next one is Fairbanks at $4,591 a month.